to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness.

to sway or rock on the base or ground, as if about to fall

The tower seemed to totter in the wind. The government was tottering.

to shake or tremble

a load that tottered.

the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.

verb

blunder , careen , dodder , falter , flounder , hesitate , lurch , quake , quiver , reel , rock , roll , seesaw , shake , shimmy , slide , slip , stagger , stammer , stumble , sway , teeter , topple , tremble , trip , walk unsteadily , waver , weave , wheel , wobble , zigzag , vacillate